Hi James, W5AOO
To mount a camera on a beam in order to locate the moon to work EME is a very bad procedure.
The correct procedure is to point the antenna system toward the Sun and get the maximum Sun Noise on receiver.
As soon the maximum Sun Noise is received please calibrate the Azimuth and the Elevation of your control box relative to the Sun position.
If the control box is well calibrated with the position of the Sun than it will be very well calibrated also for the Moon position.
I use the above procedure for my antenna system and I am very happy with it.
73" de
i8CVS Domenico
----- Original Message ----- From: "James Luhn" [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2012 7:22 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Camera on an antenna
Please don't ya'll laugh too hard at me. Has anyone ever mounted a camera on a beam? Now I am not trying to see AO40, but I would like to simply double check the location of my beam for eme. If anyone has mounted a camera on a beam, I would be interested in what you used. Yes, I know all about beam width vs the moon. I just hate to call CQ with my beams pointed to the ground due to some Murphy type of failure.
73, -james W5AOO